Happy Memorial Day, all! I hope you’re all having a splendid time out in the sunshine, enjoying the official start of the summer season. While we’re celebrating, the winners of this week’s mini-contest, for signed cover flats of the new mass market edition of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation are… Tami and Brianna! [...]

I’ve been on a mystery and suspense kick this week, with an odd bit of sci fi thrown in. Here’s what I’ve been reading:

With four books coming out this year, even I keep getting confused. Here’s a quick look at the Pinks in the pipeline: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (mass market paperback): October 5, 2010 The Mischief of the Mistletoe (hardcover): October 28, 2010 The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (trade paperback): January 4, 2011 [...]

We have a release date for the paperback of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily ! Blood Lily the Paperback will appear in stores on January 4, 2011, just two weeks before the official debut date of the next book in the series, The Orchid Affair (January 20, 2011). In our age of electronic wonders, [...]

Talking about her books, Jane Austen, and the Yale class…. Stop by and see!

The Orchid Affair, aka Pink VII, has an official debut date! You can find it in stores starting January 20th, 2011. Orchid Affair is already available for pre-order on Amazon. As soon as I have more info– and a cover!– I’ll post it here. For those who missed it the first time around, you can [...]

Courtesy of my paperback publisher, I have two beautiful cover flats of the upcoming mass market edition of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (coming out October 5th!). So here’s the question: Of all the book covers (in any genre and by any author) that you’ve seen recently, which most caught your eye and [...]

YA writer Abby Stevens is giving away a signed copy of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation on her website, The Tabby Catt. The contest closes next Monday, May 31. You can find the rules and the entry form on her site, here.

Most of my books have retained the same cover as they moved from hardcover to paperback. Two– The Masque of the Black Tulip and The Betrayal of the Blood Lily– have undergone dramatic transformations. For fun, here are the before and after pictures: The Masque of the Black Tulip (2005, 2006): The Betrayal of the [...]

This week has been heavy on non-fiction and familiar fiction favorites for me, as I’ve been trying to work my way into Pink VIII. – Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire, Flora Fraser An engaging biography of Napoleon’s most notorious sibling. Many of you might remember Pauline’s cameo appearance in Pink I…. Yes, she really did [...]